Symbols on your map

Angband and many of its variants allow you to use either ASCII (text) characters or graphics to represent the world around you. Other variants, including FAangband, are text-only. Using text characters has the great advan- tage of allowing instant on-line identification of any symbol you see. Type '/', then the character. Also, you may consult the following tables of symbols, divided into dungeon features, objects, and monsters:

Special @ The player

Features that do not block line of sight

 .   A floor space                   1   Entrance to General Store

 .   A trap (hidden)                 2   Entrance to Armoury

 ^   A trap (known)                  3   Entrance to Weapon Smith

 ;   A rune                          4   Entrance to Temple

 '   An open door                    5   Entrance to Alchemy Shop

 '   A broken door                   6   Entrance to Magic Shop

 <   A stair/path to less danger     7   Entrance to the Black Market

 >   A stair/path to greater danger  8   Entrance to your Home

 .   Water                           9   Entrance to the Bookseller

 #   Lava (red)                      0   Entrance to the Travelling Merchant

 .   Grass (green)

 %   Web (yellow)

Features that block line of sight

 #   A secret door                   #   A wall

 +   A closed door                   %   A mineral vein

 +   A locked door                   *   A mineral vein with treasure

 +   A jammed door                   :   A pile of rubble

 +   Tree (green)                    .   Sand dune (yellow)

Objects

 !   A potion (or flask)             /   A pole-arm

 ?   A scroll (or book)              |   An edged weapon

 ,   A mushroom (or food)            \   A hafted weapon

 -   A wand or rod                   }   A sling, bow, or x-bow

 _   A staff                         {   A shot, arrow, or bolt

 =   A ring                          (   Soft armour

 "   An amulet                       [   Hard armour

 $   Gold or gems                    ]   Misc. armour

 ~   Lights and Chests               )   A shield

 `   Junk, Sticks, Skeletons, etc    &   (unused)

Monsters

        $   Creeping Coins      ,   Mushroom Patch
        a   Giant Ant           A   Angelic being
        b   Giant Bat           B   Bird
        c   Giant Centipede     C   Canine
        d   Dragon              D   Ancient Dragon
        e   Floating Eye        E   Elemental
        f   Feline              F   Dragon Fly
        g   Golem               G   Ghost
        h   Humanoid            H   Hybrid
        i   Icky-Thing          I   Insect
        j   Jelly               J   Snake
        k   Kobold              K   Killer Beetle
        l   Giant Louse         L   Lich
        m   Mold                M   Mummy
        n   Naga                N   (unused)
        o   Orc                 O   Ogre
        p   Human               P   Giant Human(oid)
        q   Quadruped           Q   Quylthulg
        r   Rodent              R   Reptile/Amphibian
        s   Skeleton            S   Spider/Scorpion/Tick
        t   Townsperson         T   Troll
        u   Minor demon         U   Major demon
        v   Vortex              V   Vampire
        w   Worm or Worm Mass   W   Wight/Wraith
        x   (unused)            X   Xorn/Xaren
        y   Yeek                Y   Yeti
        z   Zombie/Mummy        Z   Zephyr Hound

Any of these symbols may be changed using preference files, accessed using the command '%'.